Intercultural competencies of upper secondary learners of French [PDF]
, 2002 This thesis seeks to investigate the question of whether learners of French in the upper secondary sector acquire intercultural competencies which are commensurate with their linguistic competencies, during their two-year preparation for the examinations
Duffy, Sylvia
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, 2021 Globalisation and technological advances have contributed greatly to increasing mobility in higher education (HE). One of the main stakeholders in this process are lecturers, for whom internationalisation is often understood as simply the use of a lingua
Orduna-Nocito, Elena +1 more
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“I can't remember them ever not doing what I tell them!” : Negotiating face and power relations in ‘upward’ refusals in multicultural workplaces in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores how refusals are constructed and negotiated in multicultural workplaces in Hong Kong. A particular focus is on the ways in which Hong Kong Chinese subordinates negotiate issues of face and power relations when refusing their ...
Schnurr, S +3 more
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Language Teachers, Cultural Content and Intercultural Competence
, 2023 : The aim of this paper is to investigate the teacher's perception of the objectives of language teaching and the cultural contents in the curricula. It also seeks to find whether developing intercultural competence among learners is among the teacher's ...
Dr. Da'oud Mohamed Gubair
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
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Standardizing Differences? Standards for Intercultural Competence in Formal Education
Verba Hispanica, 2018 The importance intercultural communicative competence plays in contemporary education of foreign languages has provided the latter with an approach that is frequently termed intercultural education.
Ana Jovanović
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‘Different Courses, Different Outcomes?’ A comparative study of Communicative Competence in English Language learners following ‘Academic’ and ‘International Understanding’ courses at High Schools in Japan [PDF]
, 2010 In Japan, where the traditional focus of English teaching has been on knowledge of a foreign language as a system, increasing emphasis is now being placed on the ability to communicate internationally.
Fraser, Susan Margaret +1 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract University students globally face growing mental health challenges, with ethnic minority (EM) students—both local and international—being particularly vulnerable. Yet, limited research compares their experiences or identifies shared and distinct stressors, especially in non‐Western contexts.
Wang Xinyi, Naubahar Sharif
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenIntercultural competence has primarily been conceptualized from a theoretical standpoint mainly by scholars in the U.S. and Europe in academic discourse. Moreover, there is a paucity of attempts to define and model intercultural communicative competence,
Yoko Munezane
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Fostering autonomy in intercultural language learning in the foreign language classroom: A case study of international students learning English at a higher education institution in Ireland [PDF]
, 2012 This study is concerned with the concept of autonomy in intercultural language learning, understood here as the capacity to take responsibility for one’s own language and intercultural development.
Sudhershan, Aleksandra
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